SHIRE RAIL PRIVACY POLICY

Effective 17 September 2026

Shire Rail does not collect or share any personal information. It has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party code. What you do in the app stays on your device.

Shire Rail is an iPhone and iPad app for the railway on Shirecraft, a private Minecraft server. It is made by Benjamin Uelk, co-creator of Shirecraft, ("we"). This policy explains exactly what the app does with information, which is very little.

WHAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE

The app keeps a few things so it works the way you left it. They are stored only on your iPhone or iPad, and we never receive them:

- The Minecraft name you claim, if you use witnessing.

- The stations you have witnessed, and when.

- Tickets you issue, and which service notices you have already seen.

- Your settings, and cached copies of map images and wiki pages so the app works offline.

The Shire Rail widget reads the same on-device information through storage shared only between the app and its widget. Deleting the app deletes all of it. If your device backs up to iCloud or a computer, this information is included in that backup, which is handled by Apple and which we cannot access.

WHAT THE APP DOWNLOADS

To show the railway, the live map, and wiki articles, the app downloads public information from Shirecraft's own websites:

- The live map at shirecraft.us, for map images and the list of players currently on the server.

- The community wiki at wiki.shirecraft.us, for articles and pictures of places.

These are ordinary web requests, the same as opening those pages in a browser, and they carry no identifier for you or your device. The only thing you type that leaves your device is a wiki search term, which is sent to the wiki to find results and is not linked to you.

Like any website, these servers may keep standard technical logs of requests (such as IP address and time) for security and to keep them running. We do not use them to identify or track anyone.

WITNESSING AND YOUR MINECRAFT NAME

Witnessing records the stations you have stood at in the game. To use it, you pick your Minecraft name from the list of players online. The app then reads your character's position from the server's public live map, which anyone can already see, and compares it with station locations on your device. Your position is not saved, and your name and witnessed stations are never sent anywhere.

While the app is closed, it may refresh in the background, and the widget may check the live map from time to time. These checks work the same way and send nothing about you.

SHARING

You can share a ticket or a witness card using the standard iOS share sheet. Nothing is shared unless you choose to share it, and it goes only to the app or person you pick.

WHAT WE DON'T DO

- No accounts or sign-in.

- No analytics, crash reporting, or advertising.

- No tracking across apps or websites.

- No selling or sharing of data. There is none to sell.

- No access to your device's location, contacts, photos, camera, or microphone.

CHILDREN

Shire Rail does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

CHANGES

If the app ever changes how it handles information, we will update this policy and its effective date before that version is released.

CONTACT

Questions about this policy can be sent to Benjamin Uelk at theshireserver@gmail.com.

Shire Rail is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Studios.